Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- An ordinance remaking the porous public-procurement law comes soon for mandatory electronic government purchases in all relevant cases as the changed regime finds loopholes for abuse, sources say.

They say the current interim government has finalised the draft of the Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance mandating the use of the Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system for all government purchases eligible for implementation through the platform.

As there is no parliament in existence now following the changeover through the July-August uprising, this amendment, after approval by the President, will replace the Public Procurement Act of 2006, said officials concerned of the Bangladesh Public Procurement Author...